Man Stabbed During Attempted Robbery On Garden Street

Victim sustains four knife wounds

HARTFORD – City police Saturday were investigating an attempted robbery in the area of 98 Garden St., at about 7:15 p.m. in which a man was stabbed four times in the back, shoulder, and leg.

The initial report was that the victim was conscious and alert. While firefighters and medics tended to him, patrol officers converged on the surrounding blocks, looking for a suspect with dreadlocks and tan and blue jeans who was said to have fled on foot, taking the knife with him.

The victim was being treated at a city hospital later Saturday night. The wounds were not considered life-threatening. Major-crime detectives are investigating.